But with her elimination as a suspect Jameson had another problem. If the animosity between Theis and Cheshire hadn’t triggered the murder as detectives had previously thought, what was the motivation? It was a mystery.

Although there were some clues suggesting a sexual and bondage pretext there was no evidence of a sexual assault, Jameson said. Usually a motive like sex, drugs or money explains why a killer commits murder, he said.

“There was no apparent motive whatsoever,” he said. “Usually you have a motive somewhere. This is definitely an odd-ball case.”

Whoever killed Cheshire had not stolen anything. Cheshire, who only worked as a part-time apartment manager to pay for her rent, didn’t have another job and didn’t have money or valuable possessions to steal.

I’m going to pile on and say “Where are the proofreaders”. Skipping words out of sentences makes it very hard to read, not to mention scream “I’m an amateur reporter”.

Thatsit

I jumping on the proofing bandwagon as well. You can have the greatest article ever but poor editing makes all the comments revolve around this issue rather than the one being presented. Your information is going out to an educated public. I understand speedy witing for deadlines, but please dedicate more time to proofing/editing. It makes the general population look bad as a whole and takes away from the point you’re really trying to make.

Anonymous

“I jumping…”

Anonymous

Another good reason for mandatory DNA collection whenever anyone is arrested for either a felony or misdemeanor. If it were in place, perhaps the FBI would have gotten a hit.

Kirk Mitchell is a general assignment reporter at The Denver Post who focuses on criminal justice stories. He began working at the newspaper in 1998, after writing for newspapers in Mesa, Ariz., and Twin Falls, Idaho, and The Associated Press in Salt Lake City. Mitchell first started writing the Cold Case blog in Fall 2007, in part because Colorado has more than 1,400 unsolved homicides.